Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County)

Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County) is a Georgia historical marker in Whitfield County, dedicated 1997.

At the intersection of US 41 and Old Dixie Highway in Resaca.

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May 14, 1864: The 20th Corps [US] was shifted from Camp Creek Valley, 0.5 mi. W. & aligned across rd.~ the 2d & 3d Divs. in reserve; the 1st Div. prolonging Stanley's Div. (4th A.C.) [US] to the State R.R., east. May 15: Butterfield's (3d) & Geary's (2d) Divs. of 20th A.C., [US] astride rd., moved in assault on Hood's line [CS] 0.7 mi. S. in an attempt to break through. Butterfield, W. of the rd. led off, followed by Geary, E. of the rd., 6 brigades in all. They failed to break Hood's line, [CS] but seized & removed the 4 guns of Corput's Cherokee Battery [CS].

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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